because, perchance, (if he live) he may increase in goodness, and the wicked man because, perchance, he may seek the pleasure of God."'—Al Bukhákrí.
It is related from ʿAbduʾlláh bin ʿOmar that he said, 'The Apostle of God seized me by my shoulder and said, "Be in the world as if thou wert a stranger or one passing on a journey."'—Al Bukhárí.
It is related from Abú Umámah that he said, 'We sat near the Apostle of God, and he was reminding us (of death), and he touched our hearts. And Saʿd bin abú Waqqáṣ wept and exceeded in his lamentation, and said, "Would that I had died!" The Apostle of God said, "O Saʿd, near me dost thou wish for death!" This he repeated three times. Then he said, "O Saʿd, if thou hast been created for paradise, then the longer thy life and the better thine actions, the better it will be for thee."'—Aḥmad.
On what should be Said, to One approaching Death
It is related from Abú Saʿíd and Abú Hurairah that, 'The Apostle of God said, "Repeat to your dead, 'There is no God but Alláh.'"'—Muslim.
It is related from Muʾádh bin Jabal that, 'The Apostle of God said, "That person whose last words are, 'There is no God but Alláh,' will enter paradise."'—Abú Dáud.
On Washing and Shrouding the Dead
It is related from ʿÁyesha that, 'The Apostle of God was shrouded in three garments of white cloth of yemen of cotton from Suhuli. There was no shirt and no turban.'—Muslim, Al Bukhárí.
It is related from Ibn ʿAbbás that, 'The Apostle of God said, "Dress yourselves in white clothes, for they are the best of your clothes; and shroud your dead in them. And the best collyrium for you is ithnúd, for it makes the hair grow and brightens the eyes."'—Abú Dáud, At Tirmidhí.
It is related from Abú Saʿlíduʾl Khudri that, 'When death drew near to him, he called for new clothes and put them on. Then he said, I heard the Apostle of God say, "The dead will be raised up in the clothes in which he dies."'—Abú Dáud.
